France and Germany stifle their spats to celebrate a 60-year friendship
The war in Ukraine puts a testy partnership under stress
Beneath the crystal chandeliers of the Elysée Palace on January 22nd 1963, the leaders of France and Germany signed a treaty to cement their friendship. On January 22nd this year, 60 years after Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer met, the two countries’ current leaders will renew their predecessors’ vows.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Reaching over the Rhine”
Europe January 21st 2023
- France and Germany stifle their spats to celebrate a 60-year friendship
- A helicopter crash has dealt a heavy blow to Ukraine’s government
- A Russian town counts the cost of Vladimir Putin’s war
- Some liberated Ukrainian regions have mixed loyalties
- The next Czech president will be a Trumpish oligarch or a general
- The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links
- Europe’s “neutral” countries are having to adapt to the new world
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